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Since these were the roots of rock and roll, the Hammond organ became a part of the rock and roll sound. It was widely used in rock and popular music during the 1960s and 1970s by bands like Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Procol Harum, Santana and Deep Purple.
- Steve Winwood – “Gimme Some Lovin'” (with the Spencer Davis Group) Though best known as a hitmaking singer and songwriter, Winwood is one of rock music’s most celebrated organists through his stints with the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith as well as his solo career.
- Garth Hudson – “The Genetic Method” (with the Band) Keyboard magazine rates the classically trained Hudson of the Band as “the most brilliant organist in the rock world,” and who are we to argue with that assessment?
- Booker T. Jones – “Time Is Tight” (with Booker T. and the MG’s) Sure, “Green Onions” is the song everyone knows and loves by Booker T. and the MG’s, one of the greatest rock and soul instrumental groups and the Stax/Volt studio band.
- Ray Manzarek – “Light My Fire” (with the Doors) Manzarek‘s prodigious keyboard talents were stunningly introduced to the world at the start of the first hit by the Doors – which spent three weeks at #1 in the summer of 1967 – with a figure based on a Bach composition played on the Vox Continental organ.
organ, in music, a keyboard instrument, operated by the player’s hands and feet, in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in scalelike rows. The term organ encompasses reed organs and electronic organs but, unless otherwise specified, is
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- ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ Procol Harum. From: ‘Procol Harum’ (1967) No, we couldn’t make it through the list without another band ripping of Johann Sebastian Bach – to great results.
- ‘Hush’ Deep Purple. From: ‘Shades of Deep Purple’ (1968) All hail the lord of the Hammond, Deep Purple’s late, great Jon Lord. His chugging organ erased all memories of anyone else associated with ‘Hush,’ from the man who wrote it (Joe South) or the guy who first had a hit with it (Billy Joe Royal).
- ‘Gimme Some Lovin’’ The Spencer Davis Group. Single (1966) It’s a gimme that this stomp-along hit would be one of the Top 10 Organ Rock Songs. ‘ Gimme Some Lovin’ has got a great groove, and Steve Winwood sure packed plenty of blue-eyed soul into his singing, but the organ riff makes it.
- ‘Chest Fever’ The Band. From: ‘Music From Big Pink’ (1968) The most psychedelic tune to come out of ‘Big Pink,’ ‘Chest Fever’ is a showcase for Garth Hudson.
- Chamber organ music. Chamber organ music is played with a chamber organ. This is the smallest type of organ currently in use today. Some critics argue this isn’t a type of organ at all while others say it still represents the classic organ well, but on a smaller scale.
- Church organs music. Church organ music remains the most popular type of music played with this instrument. The largest and most impressive organs are still found in churches around the world.
- Classic organ music. Classic organ music used to be important. There was a time (mainly pre-Bach) up to 1750 when the organ music was part of a much wider group of instruments routinely played in classic music.
- Digital organ music. The digital organ is used to create digital organ music. This type of music refers to all of the organ types of music which include jazz, rock, and church music.
Dec 22, 2021 · Virgil K. Fox: Known for his powerful adaptations of Bach’s organ music; 4. Rock Music. Church-style organs were also used in a variety of rock music songs, especially in the 1960s. The Hammond B3 organ was frequently used with a rotating Leslie speaker and gave an unusual sound that had some resemblance to electric guitars.
May 14, 2024 · By Kyle Macdonald. From Bach mastery to the spellbinding brilliance of 20th-century French music, we pull out all the stops in this list of the all-time top 10 organ epics.
